Jane Eyre | Literary Qualities
Critics agree that Jane Eyre offers a fine example of the author-as-narrator; narrative credibility follows from an intimate knowledge of the speaker. The novel is also an excellent fusion of the pious moral tone of Victorian literature and the Gothic elements of earlier romanticism. Thornfield and its bizarre third-floor inhabitant combine with Jane's telepathic messages from the beyond and with awesome happenings in nature to produce scintillating ghostly touches.
Bronte uses foreshadowing and symbolic character- or place-naming to leave hints for the reader about plot...
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